"I could not raise an alarm as Ahmed was holding a gun. But the panchayat refused to accept my statement and declared that I willfully slept with him," she told the police.She said the panchayat did not take action against Ahmed. Fearing for her life, she approached the police on Saturday. "We have registered an FIR against the panchayat members and will take them into custody for declaring her kaari (liable to death either by stoning or else)," SHO of Fazilpur Police Station, Qaisar Hasnain said.Hasnain said that Shumaila's father said in a statement that he was forced to accept the panchayat's decision.The police has sent Shumaila to a government safe house for women in Rajanpur. "Honour" killings and death sentences are usually sanctioned through the panchayat system in Pakistani villages, but they have no legal standing.

Source: Times of India May 28, 2017 15:33 UTC